Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05
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amrLIAR TALKS NO. 60
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- u,,nasn vas offered four thousand
80. the other dag. for seyenty-one
II land. Only twelve acres Of
.es.t..d Il cleared. The remainder Is
- .od timber. and would cost two
@-.,.uA dollars 10 clear it, making
4.,,s.l cost not less than six thou |
- dolars. This without buildings
- 80 kind. For general farm crops !
i, sgubtfal whether an investment |
,h.t amount In that much land
ie. - nav. The land in question Is I
.-.r.v miles or more from Seattle, is 1
u .r,,xieable waters, but has good rail- 1
aw - gaeIIities for shipping. This land, /.
- cleared, will yield an average Of 4
= AZ tons Of timothy hay 70 the acre. /
!. acre vii nearly support q COW q 1
-, he same land would produce I
Ia s.-r three TO four hundred bushels Of 4
.ct..oes per acre; it ought to yield I
s,,v bgshels Of wheat or ton Of hops |
., acre: and yet. except in special /
s,so- Al that price the investment /
- not pay. Except for the fact 4
40 suScial crops are possible, no such 4
= 80 Ion land would be 0btainable 1
Il fSIs land, though, like all our valley /
~. possesses very deep soil, and viii 1
grodaee many crops for q long time |
riAoa. manure.
Then Why viii it not pay2 Because |
a. Yrsin and beef there is such a wide 4
: "a Of cheap land near by; and be- /
fsFrr, twk,
~ vbile general farm produce is compar- !
I'd tyely low A generation may pass /
~ sssy before il will pay 10 farm this I
a. Ind IL wheat Situated as Brannan I
ora d with old age creeping on him, and l
the vi,h several hundred acres more of 4
The the ssme quality Of land besides, il /
&c soad not Be an unwise thing for him i
ne1 % sell And yet there are crops that 4
Iaa1 nav be raised with profit 20 make the |
nied value Of this land far above this price 1
& q saw pear orchards in California that /
10 we're valued at a thousand dollars an /
- are We can beat California in rails /
- Iug pears; can raise Just as attractive /
it and better quality OF fruit. Our trees /
mia vii bear just as early, just as heavily /
and and just as regularly as in the climate l
tarther south. We now have the facil- 4
u ties for shipping. have the soil, the 4
climate the everything, ready and /
iad waiting for the enterprise 10 plant 4
~ What Is true OF pears is true as to |
puuist pfuNett hppttss ana the long i
liit Of small fruits. each Of which may 4
ux become 3 special crop aside from the 1
cred hops which have given such excellent 1
aa fstarns
lhs John commenced drilling corn on |
,.sa Friday. By Tuesday there were sprouts |
lssn on the grain an inch long; what was
ar. more, the drill was covered with weeds /
lssI Just peeping above ground. The wea-
-, 80 her had been warm the planting had i
- - not closely followed the preparation OF 1
IN lAe ground, and, having pressed the |
oil toil closely down 10 insure the quick /
sing ipfouting Of the corn. we had succeed l
aid 81 IN starting fine crop Of weeds, and /
that in advance Of the corn. On Tues
Nes day afternoon, four days after plant
ing, we began the cultivation bv run
~ ntng the wheel hoe right over the drills 4
about half an inch deep. This de- /
siroyed millions Of weeds but did not |
" touch the corn. Three days later We /
could not have done this without in l
lHs lurng the corn. We will however
use the harrow over the row after the I
corn IS week up out OF the ground I
l mean not 70 do much hand hoeing /
Labor Il too high for that. Twenty 4
SIX dollars month aud board counts 4
up last so do potatoes at forty dollars 1
ton, the price they are going at now 1
but The difficulty is we NAV reasona- /
uI expect when the crop IS ready to 4
sell, 70 see The price low. The wages !
IA VII No. a,l.H
or low.
The sugar beets, alongside the corn,
- were IN the same fix, and we gave
vi taem the same treatment, as well as
81 the garden near by. Only portion Of
NE beets had been planted. The re-
mainder OF the land intended for beets 1
4 Enon debatable ground, as 20 whether |
M properly prepared or not The weeds I
M we're sproutng under the surface, |
hoagh not visible yet, except by stir /
rhg the soil; then they could be seen, I
millions OF them. Ii was the 9th OF I
- May should We plant7 | said no
RK and al Il again We went with the disk /
Pa barrow this time, cuityating before /
SEQ we crop was planted. | am satisfied I
nat We shall have gained largely BY so /
20 dong Callahan, with the old plug"
M tean. destroyed more weeds In one
me- noor ihan we could destroy in a day
Ehe auer planting. That is the time 70 do /
~ tAe better part OF the cultivation-he- I
y, y lore the crop Is planted. That Is the
- say We used 90 raise a ton Of hops %
"a ne acre the first year OF planting, by
Al msfough work; not only myself. but
The ehels at Puyallup did il. For that we
g Soao'e plowed, turned the sod into the
' - e9ssom OF the furrow and covered it
n slIh tine earth from deep down. /
81 sAfe seen hop vines so treated grow n
a. 1901 a day IN August.
- told Jack 70 give the colt pint OF
I. new milk a day. He said he would
- !eAFe Il in a bucket in the stall while
al ne mare was out in the field and no
sanger but she will drink t. The
season had been so late that the work
- eaa pued up on Us all az once, and we
3. aa1 70 put Flora nc the stiticst kind OF
soTN' ON the subsoi pillow: either do
AZ aAt or not suhsoil. or let some OF the
9ad run 10 fallow. | dislike the idea
=. NufSng mare hard while sucking
~ aV9ii u Is like cropping an orchard
n. POh the fruit for the sake Of a few
gNs q hay-rob the colt for the sake
% TIE Work the mother can do. We
y IeAh' however, 60 keep the little fell
growing q milk supplied from the
gAi} NlH do L. The trouble Il that
1s heip having charge Of such work Is
!, ~ az 10 act upon the hypothesis that
= 4tue will do any good. a large
i yaahtty VII, do a good deal more. and
y ICED too much.
: tAe colt is never let out Of the stall
a 1,tpt during the cool OF the evening,
v N the mothers days work is over
lsR sac expects 90 be curried aud en-
- as much as the older one 10 the